The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-01

SKIN from Texas to be tanned. The excel
lence of the work turned out at this tan
merry is attracting great attention, and is
becoming famous.
William Baya, of Jacksonville, who was APP
! pointed three years ago to a cadetship at
the United States Naval Academy at An
napolis, Md, has rendered his resignation.
He is at present in Jacksonville.
A. r. Slade, of Como, has sold his large
bearing grove and 120 acres of land to Mr..
/ Barlow, OF Pomona. Mr.. Barlow will make
this place his residence for the future This
! is splendid property, and was secured at a
| comparatively low figure, $1,000.
Monday Smalls, a hard working and
worthy colored man, residing in East
Jacksonville, accidentally got his right leg
! hurt about ten days ago while at work at
Clarks mill, on East Bay street, and morti-
fication set in, necessitating amputation.
Considerable excitement prevails in the
| Waukeenah neighborhood over mad dogs.
| Several have been killed there. The local
| physician says it is not hydrophobia but
caused by a new insect he never before had
to contend with. 1t is called the digger "
At Como orange trees look better than
ever before. Mr.. Potter's grove is in model
! condition. A few months ago insects were
rather troublesome both scale and soft shell,
but two or three applications of soap and
| kerosene (Hubbard's folmula) left the trees
| perfectly clear and in splendid health.
The fleet little sail boat Cheeman, which
has become famous recently by winning all
the regatta races at Jacksonville, was sold
| Wednesday by Mr.. Hosmer, her owner, to
Mr. W. A. Gilbert for $500. She will make
the sixth boat now owned by the Eastern
| Yacht Club, at East Jacksonville, of which
Mr.. Gilbert is commodore
Il negro woman came to Monticello few
| days ago with several bushels of blackber-
ries, and approaching a lady with the hope
| Of selling the same, was asked how many
she had, and she expressing surprise that
she should bring so many on an uncer-
tainty,n the old woman promptly replied
| oh, no, misses, fetched dem in a cartn
L. O. Garrett 81 Bro, sold their Price
| harness shop lot on Church street, Orlando,
! Tuesday, to Horace E. Chaplin, of Fred
ericlsburg, Va, for So, 900 a little over a
| year ago l.. o. Garrett d Bro, purchased
| this lot for s., 200; it has brought in rental
of $50 per month since that time so the
| profits realized by the purchasers have
amounted to about 81, 200
DR.. Huchingson, of Lake City, has a
bunch containing seventy seven heads from
a single chance grain of wheat which came
up among his peas, and half of which was
! plowed up The heads are long and heavy,
and are not bearded. Mr.. Noodle has Just
| harvested quite a crop of bearded wheat,
which is very fine II is evident that wheat
will do well and produce profitably in that
section.
| Z. Dietrich, the German tailor, formerly
of Fort Myers, who died of yellow fever at
| Key West, on Saturday, June Is, left some
| property at Fort Myers, but whether he was
| married. or where he was from, or where
his relatives are, is not known. This makes
| four persons from Fort Myers who have
| died of yellow fever at Key West, viz: j.
| G. Baker and wife and w. NJ. Jameson and
| E. Diedrich
The Southern Methodists, of Palatka.
| propose to hold camp meeting at the Sui
| phur Springs, back of Mt Royal j. c.
! Greeley wrote to Rev. J. w Folsom, offer
| ing a free gift of five acres of ground for
camp meeting purposes. The society has
accepted it, and viii begin as soon as posi-
bic the erection of suitable buildings. One
stand, forty by sixty feet, has been begun
| Among the evangelistS who will be there is
Rev. Win M. Waller, of Orlando
r, A. Mills, of Chuluota, has just made
! an apparatus by which he claims he can
| burn stumps about ten times more rapidly
than by the old process The apparatus is
! a movable chimney made of from it is evil
| ladrlcal il shape, about 6 feet high and 81
! feet in diameter. To do its work it is only
| necessary to place it over the stump, raise it
| a little, so as to form draft, and set the
! stump on fire, Mr.. Mills says his stumpship
will soon disappear when treated thusly.
! At Orlando Monday A. F. Hill and wife
| and their niece, Miss Grace Abbott, aged 10
| years, went out fishing in boat. Mrs. Hill
| got a fish on her line, and, in the excite
ment which followed, the boat was upset
and the entire party was thrown into the
water Mrs. Hill and Miss Abbott were
both drowned, but Mr.. Hill succeeded in
| reaching the shore. A search was immedi
| ately made for the bodies and both were re-
| covered. Mrs. Hill was a leader in the
church ard also in musical circlds.
The monotony of the Mayors Court at
Palatka was broken Wednesday by the trial
! of Policeman Wise, on a charge Of entering
saloon while on duty on Sunday. The
! case was pretty strong one against him,
but the evidence was conflicting, and the
Mayor did not deem it quite strong enough
! to convict 1t was close shave for Police
man Wise, and the opportunity was made
| the occasion 10 further caution him and all
tine police force that the Mayors orders
must be obeyed, especially as to department
while on duty.
At Cedar Keys extensive preparations are
! being made for the celebration of the "glo-
rious fourth A special committee of the
Ceday Key Yacht Club has charge of the
| arrangements for anuSementS on that day.
A grand regatta will be the principal fea-
ture of the day. The course to be sailed is
fifteen miles long, and is probably the finest
IN the State. Forty yachts have already
! entered, which insures most excellent race.
| Several steamers will run excursions over
| the course, and special train will bring
| eXcurslOnists from Waldo and Gainesville
A new industry has been developed by
| Mr. t. p Jones and DR.. Kendrick, of An
thony in the creation of goat farm some
| three miles east of that town. Mr. Jones is
| superintendent, and during the year the pro
| lect has been started they have met with
| most gratifying results. The projectors
started with some 100 head, and now num-
Der some 400. Only the male young are sold,
all the females kept to increase the flock
They find ready sale for the kids at from 81
up to 80 80 and 81 per head TO local meat
men, The propretors are ambitious TO in
crease their herd to | 900 head
There were no preferred creditors desig-
mated in the assignment Monday of G. F.
! Goetting az Son, grocery merchants, corner
! of Pine and church streets, Jacksonville.
| The assets consist of a horse, harness and
two small wagons, stock Of merchandise and
all accounts due the firm. The list of debts
owing by the firm is not filed in the Clerks
Office, but they say they owe divers and
! numerous persons, and desire them to be
! paid so far as the assets will do it, The
! two partners exempt from forced sale 81 900
| each of the stock rs the homestead which
| the law provides for each head Of family.
| Como correspondent Palatka NciCS' There